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---title: Casualty_Statistics_for_WW2_by_country---::: mw-parser-output*Data Collected by[Finbar](/wiki/index.php?title=User:Finbar&action=edit&redlink=1 "User:Finbar (page does not exist)"){.new}* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ------- ------------- ------------------ ------------------ Country Alliance Dead Wounded Total Casualties Percent Returned [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/4/43/Australia.png/20px-Australia.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/4/43/Australia.png/30px-Australia.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/4/43/Australia.png/40px-Australia.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Australia "Australia") [Australia](/wiki/Australia "Australia") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 23.3 39.8 63.1 63.07% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/7/7f/Austria.png/20px-Austria.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/7/7f/Austria.png/30px-Austria.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/7/7f/Austria.png/40px-Austria.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Austria "Austria") [Austria](/wiki/Austria "Austria") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 380 350.1 730.1 47.95% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/3/32/Belgium.png/20px-Belgium.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/3/32/Belgium.png/30px-Belgium.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/3/32/Belgium.png/40px-Belgium.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Belgium "Belgium") [Belgium](/wiki/Belgium "Belgium") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 7.7 14.5 22.2 65.31% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/f/f4/Bulgaria.png/20px-Bulgaria.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/f/f4/Bulgaria.png/30px-Bulgaria.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/f/f4/Bulgaria.png/40px-Bulgaria.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Bulgaria "Bulgaria") [Bulgaria](/wiki/Bulgaria "Bulgaria") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 10 21.8 31.8 68.55% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/a/a3/Canada.png/20px-Canada.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/a/a3/Canada.png/30px-Canada.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/a/a3/Canada.png/40px-Canada.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Canada "Canada") [Canada](/wiki/Canada "Canada") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 37.4 53.1 90.5 58.67% China\* Allies 2200 1762 3962 39.62% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/c/c4/Finland.png/20px-Finland.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/c/c4/Finland.png/30px-Finland.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/c/c4/Finland.png/40px-Finland.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Finland "Finland") [Finland](/wiki/Finland "Finland") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 89.8 234.5 324.3 72.30% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/d/de/France.png/20px-France.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/d/de/France.png/30px-France.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/d/de/France.png/40px-France.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/France "France") [France](/wiki/France "France") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 210.6 390 600.6 64.93% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/9/9b/Germany.png/20px-Germany.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/9/9b/Germany.png/30px-Germany.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/9/9b/Germany.png/40px-Germany.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Germany "Germany") [Germany](/wiki/Germany "Germany") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 3500 7250 10750 67.44% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/2/29/United_Kingdom.png/20px-United_Kingdom.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/2/29/United_Kingdom.png/30px-United_Kingdom.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/2/29/United_Kingdom.png/40px-United_Kingdom.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Great_Britain "Great Britain") [Great Britain](/wiki/index.php?title=Great_Britain&action=edit&redlink=1 "Great Britain (page does not exist)"){.new} ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} ( *includes colonials* ) Allies 329.2 348.4 677.6 51.41% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/6/6a/Hungary.png/20px-Hungary.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/6/6a/Hungary.png/30px-Hungary.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/6/6a/Hungary.png/40px-Hungary.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Hungary "Hungary") [Hungary](/wiki/Hungary "Hungary") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 140 89.3 229.3 38.94% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="533" file-width="800" url="/images/thumb/2/2a/Italy.png/20px-Italy.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/2/2a/Italy.png/30px-Italy.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/2/2a/Italy.png/40px-Italy.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Italy "Italy") [Italy](/wiki/Italy "Italy") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 77.4 120 197.4 60.79% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/f/fc/Japan.png/20px-Japan.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/f/fc/Japan.png/30px-Japan.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/f/fc/Japan.png/40px-Japan.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Japan "Japan") [Japan](/wiki/Japan "Japan") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 1219 295.2 1514.2 19.49% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/9/99/Poland.png/20px-Poland.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/9/99/Poland.png/30px-Poland.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/9/99/Poland.png/40px-Poland.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Poland "Poland") [Poland](/wiki/Poland "Poland") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 320 530 850 62.35% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/8/8f/Romania.png/20px-Romania.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/8/8f/Romania.png/30px-Romania.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/8/8f/Romania.png/40px-Romania.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Romania "Romania") [Romania](/wiki/Romania "Romania") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Axis 300 Unavailable [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/6/67/Soviet_Union.png/20px-Soviet_Union.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/6/67/Soviet_Union.png/30px-Soviet_Union.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/6/67/Soviet_Union.png/40px-Soviet_Union.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union") [Soviet Union](/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union") ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 7500 5000 12500 40.00% [ [{.thumbborder file-height="600" file-width="900" url="/images/thumb/5/55/USA.png/20px-USA.png" decoding="async" height="13" loading="lazy" srcset="/images/thumb/5/55/USA.png/30px-USA.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/5/55/USA.png/40px-USA.png 2x" width="20"}](/wiki/United_States "United States") [United States](/wiki/United_States "United States"){.mw-redirect} ]{style="white-space:nowrap;"} Allies 405.3 671.2 1076.5 62.35% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ------- ------------- ------------------ ------------------ : Total Military Casualties Lost in the Second World War, by Country (in thousands)Average Percentage of Casualties Returned to Combat: 55.20%This is the total military casualties of dead and wounded, not includingcivilians. 'Returned' means the manpower that is returned to themanpower pool (wounded).\* It is unknown whether these figures include both Communist andNationalist Chinese casualties, or just the Nationalist Chinesecasualties.## [ References ]{#References .mw-headline}- *Encyclopaedia Britannica* , Volume 23, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., [1970](/wiki/index.php?title=1970&action=edit&redlink=1 "1970 (page does not exist)"){.new} , pp. 729-808- *The World War 2 Fact Book* , by Christy Campbell, Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, [1985](/wiki/index.php?title=1985&action=edit&redlink=1 "1985 (page does not exist)"){.new} .- *World War 2 Almanac: 1931-1945* , by Robert Goralski, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, [1981](/wiki/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&redlink=1 "1981 (page does not exist)"){.new}- *The Second World War* , by John Keegan, Century Hutchinson Ltd., London, [1989](/wiki/index.php?title=1989&action=edit&redlink=1 "1989 (page does not exist)"){.new} .- *Forgotten Allies* , by Ready, J. Lee, Volumes 1-2, McFarland & Company, Inc, Jefferson, [1985](/wiki/index.php?title=1985&action=edit&redlink=1 "1985 (page does not exist)"){.new} .- *Louis L. Snyder\'s Historical Guide to World War II\', by Louis L. Snyder, Greenwood Press, Westwood, [1982](/wiki/index.php?title=1982&action=edit&redlink=1 "1982 (page does not exist)"){.new} .*- *The War: A Concise History 1939-1945* , by Louis L. Snyder, Julian Messner Inc., New York, [1960](/wiki/index.php?title=1960&action=edit&redlink=1 "1960 (page does not exist)"){.new} .- *A Short History of World War 2* , by James L. 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